A Comparison of Intralesional Triamcinolone Acetonide Injection for Primary Chalazion in Children and Adults

Table 1

Differences in baseline and outcome in children versus adults.

	Pediatric	Adult	value
Mean age (years)	7.4 ± 5.5	39.3 ± 16.7	<0.0001*
Sex (M/F)	8/10	15/9	0.3
Laterality (R/L)	11/16	14/10	0.7
Mean chalazion size: length × width (mm^2)	0.8. ± 0.5	0.8. ± 0.5	0.9
Mean TA dose (mg)	3.5 ± 1.3	3.2 ± 1.1	0.4
Time to resolution (days)	18.2 ± 11.4	16.5 ± 11.0	0.7

Statistically significant.